Papanui Bush Recreation Starts
The 27th of April 2018 was an historic day for the Papanui Community.
Over 100 enthusiastic locals gathered to plant trees to replace the original Papanui Bush of 80 acres cut down in just a few years 150 years ago.
After a Karakia by Maori representative Karahoa, Mike Davison our City Councillor spoke on the history of the area, the first tree was planted. A Totora grown from seed sourced from the Riccarton Bush and planted by Michael Orchard a former long term resident. City Councillors, Community Board members, Park Rangers, members of the public, and 20 members of Papanui Rotary distinctive in their yellow high viz got stuck in and planted over 900 trees.
This is Papanui Rotary’s 60th year project and it will not be long before native birds once again move up the green corridors from Riccarton Bush to Papanui Bush and beyond. We hope to see you there on Tuesday June 5th for our next big planting day.